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...came to rest just where it should, at the end of the Seven Sisters platform. Time: 10:21 on the dot. Down the snow-covered track from Palace Gates came panting Driver Playle and his fireman. They had made the 2% miles in 16 minutes. At Seven Sisters a lone passenger got in. The little train, once more under human control, pulled out for the return trip to Palace Gates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Train That Went | 1/15/1951 | See Source »

...brought the Stone to London in 1296 to celebrate his 21-day campaign against Scotland, had the coronation chair built around it and crowned himself King of England and Scotland. Edward had swiped the Stone from the Perthshire Abbey of Scone (rhymes in Scotland with boon, in England with lone), where it had formed the base of another chair in which the Kings of Scotland had been crowned for the previous 453 years. Before that, the Stone had rested at Dunstaffnage, Argyllshire, headquarters of even earlier Scots chieftains. Tradition says that the Stone had been brought from Ireland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Stone of Destiny | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

Last year abut this time the CRIMSON printed the story of an election squabble in the Debate Council. Several people who at that time castigated the "lone" member of the Council for publicly airing a private difference, yesterday broke into print with their own letter reopening the matter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debaters' Debate Continues | 12/7/1950 | See Source »

...untrained ear the change was virtually undetectable. The Green Hornet, The Lone Ranger ("Hi-yo, Silver -awa-a-a-a-a-y!")» Soo-oo-per-ma-a-an, The Shadow, and an ear-shattering collection of other thrillers kept on blasting through millions of loudspeakers; the announcer's thrilling command-"Ask mother nOw!"-echoed louder than ever. Fancier and more complicated box-top premiums (Planetary Maps, Atomic Bomb Rings, Magni-glow Writing Rings, Detective Badges, Compass-Magnifying Glasses, Explorer's Sun Watches) came flooding through the mails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Kiddies in the Old Corral | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

Bill Monteith has shown steady improvement in the quarterbacking role for the Crimson. His passing, while far from great, has been effective behind the protection of a distinctly mediocre line. Lou Tsavaris, the lone breakaway threat in the backfield, suffered a leg injury in Wednesday's practice but may be ready. Tsavaris and Art French have proved very able at breaking up enemy passes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bulldogs Strong Favorites In Contest With Jayvees | 11/24/1950 | See Source »

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